STATUTES, PROCLAMATIONS, RULES, ORDERS, ETC. 



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Act to amend the Law relating to Coast and River Fisheries," is 

 hereby repealed. 



II. From and after the first day of January, one thousand eight 

 hundred and eighty-six, no person shall, upon the coasts of this island 

 or its dependencies, use for the purpose of taking cod-fish, any trap, 

 the walls or sides of which consisted at its original construction of 

 meshes less than four inches, and no netting for alterations or repairs 

 of cod-traps shall be less than four inches. 



III. Any person acting in contravention of this Act, shall be sub- 

 ject to the penalties provided by section 12, chapter 102, of the Con- 

 solidated Statutes, to be recovered and enforced in the manner pro- 

 vided for such penalties by the said chapter. 



711 No. 126. 1887, February 21: Newfoundland Statute, 50 Viet.. 



Cap. 1. 



An Act to regulate the Exportation and Sale of Herring, Caplin, Squid, and 



other Bait Fishes. 



Section. 



1. No person shall export, haul, catch, 



or take for exportation, Bait 

 fishes, unless a license has first 

 been granted by the Receiver 

 General. 



2. Persons found acting in contraven- 



tion of this Act liable to have 



vessel seized. 

 'J. How license granted. 

 4. Persons forging or counterfeiting 



signature guilty of an offence. 



[Passed February 21st, 1887.'] 



Section. 



5. Penalty ; provision. 



6. Mode of procedure. 



7. Right to appeal to Supreme Court. 



8. Proceedings not quashed on ac- 



count of mere matter of form. 



9. Additional penalty. 



10. What included under word ' ves- 



sel.' 



11. Treaty rights reserved. 



12. When Act shall come into oper- 



ation. 



Whereas in the interests of the Fisheries of the Colony, and for 

 the preservation of the Bait necessary for the pursuit of these Fish- 

 eries, it is essential to regulate the Exportation and Sale of such 

 Bait. 



Be it therefore enacted by the Governor, the Legislative Council 

 and Assembly, in Legislative Session convened, as follows: 



I. No person shall 



(1.) Export, or cause to procure to be exported, or assist in the 

 exportation of, or 



(2.) Haul, catch, purchase, or sell for the purpose of exporta- 

 tion, or 



(3.) Sell or purchase for the purpose of sale, any Herring, Caplin, 

 Squid, or other Bait fishes, from, on, or near any parts of this Col- 

 ony or of its Dependencies, or from or in any of the Bays, Harbors, 

 or other places therein, without a special license, in writing, obtained 

 from the Receiver General of this Colony; which license may be in 

 the form set forth in the Schedule hereto annexed, and shall be of no 

 avail beyond the fishing season for which it is granted. 



II. Any person found hauling, catching, or taking, shipping or 

 conveying any of the said fishes within the said limits, or any person 

 having any of the said fishes in possession, may be examined on oath 



